Exciting system for phase-converters.



, TA E E T OFFICE.

" a subject of ,the" E1nperor1 of Germany, and

a. resident of swissvjele, the eounty of Allegheny and Stete of Pennsylvania, have invented 'a new end'usefu],ilmprovement in: Excitingfiys'tems "for Phase-Converters, of

. iwhich jtii'e foilowin "fish specification.

ion phe seeonvfi b .lis, particularly of the T LQbj tto provide systems of the character y xlesi'gnat'ed whereindoublefrequency elec- -.trmOtiY6 fonts for urging the Working le-ie mmentthmugh the rotor-circuits of said w -phese-eonvertermay b produeed m nsnrr pleand effective manner.

"Another object. of my invention is to pro- :vide means ineqsystem of the character des ignated, whereby a unidirectional electrome -$txVe forcengay also be produced for supplymln the accompanying drawing, Figure l ediagramma-tic View of 'phese-converter proyi d ed with certain coordlnating' elements,

, ogether constituting e systen embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a. diagrammatic iyiewof a modification of the system shown mi eleimed ,m'eansf' whereby double-freuen Fexcitin currents-may be supplied to 'rotor win ng of at phase-converter for rgin'g "the work ng currents therethrough, he ,1perticularexciting 'n achmesemployed ng exciting currents ofr'"th'e character dee gneted-, the" drops linythe arious portions f 3 the ghessconverter may be compensated andyelaimed systems 'sirmlar to thosejush lnentioneqh but, in addition, means erepro idedifo supplying unidirectional exciting eur'rentto'tlgerotoriyvinding' of the phase 5 ieonverter iniorder caiisie the same-toop-- nipi'riim Hermit" for," it'i-IABEEGQNVERTEns,

ving direct exciting curreiit' to the rotor'wmdkin Fig. 1,- and Fig. 3 1s wfragmentaryview, pertielly in. section and partially in elenat on ofecoihposite dynqmo 'electriemachine eniployed'in the system of Fig. 2.

In my copenciing epplica tionyseriai No. ,561, filed July 11 1916, lhavedis'cl'oserl eingtofthe eom'mutstor type. Bysupply the phase-converter may be given compoundin cherecteristics of any desired H Specification of LettrB'QPatenh" i P t t d O t 15 191 j {h ucgtion mering e 1,191 e n nsjuvf.

szition may, be efleeted) I By the present invention, I'provide syserate'in synchroinsm so, that phase com enterns of the general chiiractenabove described but the auxiliary exciting machine employed is otthe" induction type,-.th-usdoi'ng away with COIIinltltflfiQn difficulties; By eausing the rotor of the excite!" mechine to rotate in the samedii'ectii'hji and at the same speed as the'rotor of the phase converter and by supplying thefstetor 'Winding'of the aux; iliary exciter with alternatingcurrent from the-terminals of thqphs eonverter, the connections ,bein si ch. he resultant rotating field in 1e stator i'dauxiliery exoiter rot tesin the opposite'direction from .the rotor t ereof, there are produced in the rotor winding of the excitermaohine (louble-frequency currents sut-guble fora-the com pounding of the main phzise-e'onverter,

Other details oi my invention will hereinafter morefuliy :ippearl Referring to higgl forii more detailed terminals of the rotor are connected, re-

speotively m suitable slip ring -9 for connection ,to external circuits. 7

An nuxiliary mzichine 10, of the induction type, is provided foreXc-iting purposes and comprises a stator member 11, and a rotor member 1? The stator w'indin 11 is phase;

wound iinc the magnetic axes o the various poles lat-1% there 1: may be adjusted circumferentially by 1 ny suitable means as, for example, by; mechanical xnovement thereof through suitable handles 13 or by forming e""distributed Winding on the stator member I zt'nd adjusting the, points ofconneetion thereof, as shown in Petent No. 1,186,818, issued to the Westinghouselflectrie 8; Manufacturing Company on "June 13,1916, on an applic'etiorf'ifiied by F. V. Me er.

The rotor member o the auxiliary ex eiteig machine is mounted on the shaft of the pheseconyerter' and; turns therewith.

= Energy fortheppe'retion of the phase converter is supplied from any suitable source-:15 suchyfor example, a transformer wmding 'an d energy derived from th secon ry ndmg 6 g mPineQ with ener derived directly from as supply win ing for the energization of a polyphase load' circuit, such, for example, as a propulsion motor of the polyphase induction type shown at 1K The various divisions 14-44:

, of the stator winding of the auxiliary exrotor thereof. A double f'requency electrociter machine are inserted, respectively, in,

the leads between the phaserconverter 4 and the load 17, the relative connections being such that the rotatin field established in the stator member of t c'exciter machine rotates in the opposite direction from the motive force is accordingly generated in the rotor phase winding 18 of the exciter mawhich is Supplied to hdrotor windin M the machine 4 thmugh e usual slip.

rings and brushes. It is frequently desirable t eliminate even slip rings, as their use necessitates frequent supervision for brush adjustment and lu briation. This result may be attained by foriniiig the rotor members of the phaseconverter and of the exciter machine into an ntegral structure, as indicated at 20 in Fig. 2. The left-hand or major portion of the composite structure 20, corresponding to the rotor member 7 of the phase converter 4 'in Fig. 1, is subject to the influence of-the- 7, 191,6, and under these conditions, if the direction of rotation of the rotating field of the windings i l-+14 is as previously described, suitable double-frequency currents are generated in the minor portion 12 of the composite structure20 and are caused to circulate through the major portion 7 thereof to produce the desired compounding.

The ma3oiportion 7 of the composite structure20 may be provided, in addition,- .with a phase winding 21 and direct-current excitation may be supplied thereto from any suitable source, as indicated at 22, for

synchronous operation and for pOwerdactorcompensation, as described in detail in my application,- Serial No. 113,454, filed Aug.

The manner in which the various windings of the composite machine of Fig. 2 are mounted and disposed is indicated in Fig. 3 wherein'the field frame" is shown at 23 "as supporting -inwardly-projecting field-core members 24: and Y25. The member 24 carries the stator windings 5 and 6 and, in like is indicated at.. 26 and carries rotor core members 27 and 2S vin alinement, respec-' is provided, in, additiou,,with the winding .various minor changes "and mo ifications ternating chrrent, of a ph' converter pf rotates in the opposite'direction, with re- 'machine of the induction type, mechanical coupling means between the rotors of the two machines, electrical connections .bfitween 1 the rotor windings of the two maehineajcon-T; v I

. rents supplied by said auxiliary machineito said phase-converter.. manner, the field member 25 carries the 1 Windingl i-l. The shaft. of the machine i meant a tively, with-the field vmembers 24 and 25, The squirrel-cage winding is-shown at 29 and extends across the face of both rotor core members. Therotor core member 27 7O 21 as indicated in Fig. 2.- y v While I have shown jmy invention in a plurality of forms, it willbe obvious to those skilled in the art that ittissusce tible of withoutdeparting from the s irit thereof and I desire, therefore, that ,o y such limi tations shall be placed thereupon as are ima posed by the prior art or as are set forth in' the appended claims. I i

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with; source the rotary type connected thereon-an auxiliary dynamo electric machine provided with a phase-wound stator and ha'ving'its rotor mechanically: coupled to the rotor-"of said phase-converter, connections wherebyxthe to tating stator field of said auxiliarymaohine spect to the direction of rotation of the rotor, from the rotating stator fieldiof said phase converter, and connections between thetrotor windingsof the two machines.

2. The combination with a source of -'al-' ternating current; -.o':f a -phasemnverter of; the rotar typehaving' its primary winding connecte thereto, an auxiliary dynamoelectric machine. of thev induction type, mechanical coupling means between the rotors of the two machines, electrical connections between the rotor windings ofthe two ma chines, and connections from the output terminals of the phase-converter through the stator winding of said-auxiliary ma- 165 chine such that the rotating field thereof rotates in the opposite direction from that in which the rotor of said auxiliary machine is.

driven. r t

3. The combination-with a source ofalternating current, of a phase-converter of the; rotary type having its rimarywindin con-. nected thereto, an aux: ia'ry dynamo-e ectric.

nections from the'output terminalsof. the 'I phase conve'rter through the stator Wind ing of said auxiliary machine'such that the rotating field thereof rotates in the opposite direction from that in which the rotor of said auxiliary machine is driven. and means g for adjusting the phase of the exciting ,cur

4. The comblnation with a s'ourceofa'lternating current, ofva phase-cont"erter of i I the rotary type having its primary winding gramme-m (electric machine of the induction type, me-

' chanical couplin nections from the said auxilia means between the tutors pf the two mac nes, electrical connegtions between the rotors of the two machines, conoutput terminals of the phase-converter through the staborwinding of said auxihary mac ine such that the 1-0 tating figld thereof rotates in direction from that in which machiheis driven, and means for movin t e location'bf the magnetic axis the opposite of the poem of the stator of 'said auxiliary ma hine cli'hli lrifrenbially, "whereby the phase of the exciting chrrents"furni$hed therebytlosaid phflsewonyrter may be adjusteii.

fiLThe combination with a source of a1 hrhatifigctinent, ofaphase converte'r of the the rotor of trim in 

